TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson Water restored service to 5,000 southwest side residents Wednesday morning.
From the Tucson Water website:
AJO/KINNEY WATER OUTAGE UPDATE: (5:30 AM) Most residents should have water service restored as of now. Full pressure is still being restored slowly. Any customers still out of water please call 791-4133. As a precaution Tucson Water is urging customers in this area who lost service to boil water for the next 48 hours before consuming it. Please read this Media Release for details. We will continue to post updates to our outage map: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/water/outagemap
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Those in the area were forced to deal without water or electrical service from Monday night through Wednesday morning.
In addition to a water outage that started Monday night and continued into Wednesday, more than 400 Tucson Electric Power suffered a power outage that started at 11:24 a.m. No cause was listed. Power was restored by 1 p.m.
Tucson Water says many living on the southwest side have been without water after a water main break Monday night. As a result, Tucson Unified School District shut down five schools in the area Tuesday.
Darlene Campuzano And her family were already getting bottled water delivered, but now they’re using it to flush their toilets.
"I was just talking to my son. I said the things we sometimes take for granted, you know, water. Then I try not to be too selfish because I’m thinking of everyone in Florida waiting for the hurricane and you know, I guess a few days without water is not anything compared to what those folks are going through.”
She and others we talked to are planning on heading for hotels so they can at least rent some running water until service is restored.
According to TUSD, Johnson, Banks, Warren and Vesey Elementary Schools, as well as Valencia Middle School, were closed Tuesday.
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— Tucson Unified (@tucsonunified) September 3, 2019
As of 4 p.m. today, five #TucsonUnified schools will remain closed on Wednesday, 9/4/19, due to a water line issue on the southwest side of Tucson. This will allow Tucson Water to complete the repair and for TUSD staff to ensure everything is operating as expected at each...
As of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, TUSD confirms all five schools will be closed Wednesday. TUSD announced Wednesday afternoon that all schools would be back to their normal schedule Thursday.
On Thursday, TUSD reported that all water at the five previously closed schools has been tested and cleared.
We are happy to report that Tucson Water has tested and cleared all water at the 5 previously closed Tucson Unified schools. Thus all drinking fountains, kitchens and other water impacted facilities will be fully operational at the start of school tomorrow.
— Tucson Unified (@tucsonunified) September 5, 2019
Main break at Sheridan & Irvington has been shut down. Significant area remains affected by water outage. Bottled water available at Ajo & Kinney. Repairs are more extensive than originally thought. Updates related to repairs will be posted on website. https://t.co/gqBFWZdoku
— Tucson Water (@TucsonWater) September 3, 2019
Bottled water is available at Ajo and Kinney for those affected.
Erik Fjersted (Fee air sted) picked up some water. He says he’s better off that a lot of people. His pool provides plenty of water to use in the toilets.
“You know, I feel for the people that have kids and swamp coolers and the schools closed because of the outage and now they’ve got to deal with no toilets.” :45
When five schools closed because they lost water, that affected two of Rosana Flores six children
She says, “I don’t know if we’re gonna have to get a room cuz I don’t know how they’re gonna fix it. So it’s been hard, Ht you know the showers and the rest room and so it’s been hard....”
More information can be found here.
Tucson Water crews are repairing a broken water main near Ajo & Kinney. Water outage affecting large area. Visit https://t.co/yf2JTz1OSE for updates. pic.twitter.com/Hlq6hdJvOq
— Tucson Water (@TucsonWater) September 3, 2019
